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'Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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NITED STATES BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,029, dated December28, 1886.

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To all whom it 1v1/ay concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE B. ROBINSON;

a citizen of the United-States of America, re-

siding at Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButtons, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates ,to improvements in buttons; and it consists inthe construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the manufactureis simplified and the construction strengthened.

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view.

of my improved button. Fig. 2 is a section of the shell of the button.Figs. I3, 4, and 5 are detail views o'f the center of the button. Fig. 6is a plan view of the button. Fig. 7 is a section of an alternative formof the button.

The letter A designates theshell of the button,which is ribbed at A andthe edge rolled to form A2. rThe center is perforated at C, andcountersunk so as to form the well B. The perforation C is then turnedinto the well B, forming around the center the rib A3.

Into thewell B is set the eyelet D, the flange of which is made to itthe said well, and the shank D the perforation C. The shank Dl isprovided with slots cut in sides opposite. Into these slots is set asmall pin, E, which protrudes through the slots and rests on the edge ofthe perforation C, reaching nearly to the wall of the well B to preventdisplacement. When the parts/are in this position, the ends of the shankD protrude through the perforation C. These are turned back on the edgeA3, substantially as shown in Fig. l of drawings.

When the formshown in Fig. lis made, the

eyelet D7 carrying thepin E, is set in place, and

the ends of theishank D' are turned over the edge A3. The back F is thenplaced upon the shell, with the part F corresponding to the Well B andthe edge covering the edge A3 and turned ends of the shank D', and theedge of the shell is rolled vupon it, substantially as shown.

Ink constructing the button the shell is rolled and ribbed,substantially as shown. The pin E is placed in the slots provided in theshank D of the eyelet. The eyelet bearing the pin is placed in the wellB of the shelhwithjhe ends of the shank protruding through the perforaltion C, and the ends of the shank D are turned back upon the edge A3 ofthe shell, .thus forming a button at on'oc simple of manufacture andstrong of construction.

It is obvious that I do not confine myself to the exact constructionherein shown, as an eyelet might be used that is perforated, and the pinpassed through such perforations before placing the eyelet iu the well.

As a new article of l'nanufactu re, a button consisting of a shell thecenter of which is depressed to form a well, said well having aninwardly-extending flange around its lower edge, au eyelet provided witha slotted shank,

the ends of which protrude beyond theiiange of said well and are turnedback on the same, and a bar adapted to tit the slots of the said shankand to lie across said well and rest against the opposite walls thereof,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE B. ROBINSON.

Vitnesses:

WM. W.' BoNNF/rr, FRANKLIN L. VELTON.

